Analysis of the spinal cord angle for severe cervical ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament: comparison between anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) and posterior laminectomy

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 29; no. 5; pp. 1001 - 1012
• Main Authors: Sun, Kaiqiang, Wang, Shunmin, Huan, Le, Sun, Jingchuan, Xu, Ximing, Sun, Xiaofei, Shi, Jiangang, Guo, Yongfei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Ligaments; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Ossification; Patients; Spinal cord; Surgery; Surgical Orthopedics; Posterior laminectomy; Severe ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament; Anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion; S line; Spinal cord angle; Cobb angle

Objective To investigate the changes of spinal cord angle between anterior controllable antedisplacement and fusion (ACAF) and posterior laminectomy in treating severe ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament (OPLL). Patients and methods Seventy-one patients with cervical OPLL were enroll...